Comments on: A Window to the World: Watching the Flickers at the General Store http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/08/31/a-window-to-the-world-watching-the-flickers-at-the-general-store/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Julien Sabourdin http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/08/31/a-window-to-the-world-watching-the-flickers-at-the-general-store/#comment-10110 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:43:51 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=13801#comment-10110 Hello, suzidoll.

I’m not really commenting your blog entry, even though I really enjoyed reading it. In fact, I do not know how to get in contact with you.
Actually, as I find your testimony extremely interesting, as a french cinephile, I would have loved to translate some of it(all of it if I get the time) and post it in a french classic cinema forum, to share its information with my co-forumers (if it hadn’t been french, a simple link to this site would have been enough, but those damn french people insist on speaking only french ;)).

Before I start to work on a translation, I naturally prefer to ask for your permission (I will send a copy of my translation to you, if you like), without which I will drop the whole idea. Since it is a non-profitable forum (I do not work for it, even though I am part of its moderation crew), and since I would translate on my free time, we would not be able to pay you for your text. You would be, however, quoted as its writer.

dvdclassik is a serious french website on classic cinema and dvds. Its forum members are all fond of old movies, and I think some of them would really appreciate reading your testimony, which is why I thought it could prove worthwhile to translate it and post it.

In any case, thanks for this very interesting piece on how people used to go to the movies.

Best wishes,

Cinephage from http://www.dvdclassik.com

]]> By: Patricia http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/08/31/a-window-to-the-world-watching-the-flickers-at-the-general-store/#comment-9910 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:36:35 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=13801#comment-9910 Fascinating blog, suziedoll. I was enthralled. I recently read about fellows traveling the Middle East in the mid-20th century who would set up films for far flung locals, but never gave a thought to places in North American such as Alaska.

]]> By: Lisa Wright http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/08/31/a-window-to-the-world-watching-the-flickers-at-the-general-store/#comment-9909 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:39:49 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=13801#comment-9909 Having just returned home from a visit to my husband’s small hometown of Walnut, IL (pop. approx. 1500) it makes me want to ask my dad-in-law about where he would go to see a movie? They sure didn’t have a theater as I would know it in town, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t see films! What a totally interesting topic and one I never even considered…. thanks for sharing your personal story about your family’s “neck of the woods” experience!

]]> By: Lisa http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/08/31/a-window-to-the-world-watching-the-flickers-at-the-general-store/#comment-9906 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:06:39 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=13801#comment-9906 On Main Street in Sistersville about 10-11 years ago they reopened one of the old theaters. They had done a complete rehab and some of the original seating and old posters were on the walls. I dont know which one or if it was one of the original ones but its a good possibility that it was. I lived there at the time that it reopened and went to one of the opening shows I believe it was “A Bugs Life” It was something to see that old theater and the mix of old and new.
Nice blog Suzi you will have to send me links more often.

]]> By: debbe http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/08/31/a-window-to-the-world-watching-the-flickers-at-the-general-store/#comment-9905 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:13:52 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=13801#comment-9905 wow. i am struck by a couple of things. how “modern” the dealings were in trying to screw the competition, and that i bet that most small towns across america have similar stories…if a little less colorful. Akron had and has the civic theatre … now mostly for theatre productions, but it had a moving sky on the ceiling that was a special memory…

i thought this iwas a great blog… very interesting and charming to hear about your relatives and their experiences. Also interesting how for over ahundred years movies have united communities everywhere.

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